Richard Price

'An affecting novel by a literary urbanologist in top form' Kirkus Reviews (Starred Review) In this electrifying novel, Richard Price, the author of Clockers and a writer on The Wire, provides us with a razor-sharp anatomy of an ever-changing Harlem. In Lazarus Man, Richard Price, one of the greatest chroniclers of life in urban America, creates intertwining portraits of a...

'An engrossing read' Mail on Sunday An atmospheric novel with the trappings of crime fiction' Spectator Both a hymn to community, and a love letter to the city The i paper In this electrifying novel, Richard Price, the author of Clockers and a writer on The Wire, provides us a razor-sharp anatomy of an ever-changing Harlem. Harlem, 2008. In an...

New York City in the late '70s was a collection of villages with its downtown scene, midtown workers, and uptown elegance. It was also a city that was more integrated than ever before or ever would be again. All of the city's humanity met in its streets with layered soundtracks of salsa, rock, disco, reggae, and soon hip-hop booming for...

New York Times Bestseller Finalist for the L.A. Times Book Prize 2015 in the Mystery/Thriller Category Every cop has a personal ‘White’: a criminal who got away with murder – or worse – and was able to slip back into life, leaving the victim’s family still seeking justice, the cop plagued by guilt. Back in the 1990s, Billy Graves was...